Destination of the Unknown is a collection of 128 predominantly dark soundscapes that describe a journey through worlds as of yet unseen for Native Instruments' deep and and beautiful Absynth. Released in two sets of 64 presets each, it's an exploration of alien landscapes, enormous starships, and advanced machinery, sometimes very beautiful, sometimes intense and disturbing.

The first set in this collection was released on February 11, 2013 and is available for purchase today for only $9.95 USD.

Here are ten free sample presets from Destination of the Unknown: Download

Warning: You must own Native Instruments' Absynth 5 to use this collection.

Part 1:

The second set in this collection is available for pre-order today for a little more than 50% off of it's final release price of $9.95 USD. Pre-order today for only $4.95 USD! Part 2 will be released on March 18, 2013.

Part 2:

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Examples:

Esteemed Ambient artist, S1gnsOfL1fe, created a dark ambient demo using 10 presets from Pt I of this collection with extensive automation of the performance controls in Absynth 5:

Here's a sample of what might be done with this soundset. I've taken eight patches from this collection and stretched them 40 times in Paulstretch to create interesting textures as a base for a dark ambient track.